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Monday Jul 07, 2008

The summer edition

Last week I went into the office to meet with Felicitie (the Volunteer Support Officer). As I'd been away travelling for three months it was a good opportunity for Felicitie to update me on the things I'd missed. Felicitie told me that she'd sent the spring newsletter to the MV coordinator in Wales, who had sent it to GwirVol – a panel of young volunteers who live throughout the country. I found that very exciting as the coordinator was obviously impressed with the newsletter!  

I also found out that I had completed 50 hours of volunteering and as part of the Millennium Volunteers' scheme I received my first certificate. A rather embarrassing photo shoot then ensued of me receiving my certificate from Felicitie! I've decided to use the photo in my column.

At the moment I'm in the process of collecting articles for the summer edition. So far it's going to include features on the success of Volunteers' Week, Global Xchange visiting Swansea, and an article I've written about volunteering with elephants. At the office I read press releases for Volunteers' Week and the Global Xchange programme, and began to adapt them to suit the newsletter. Felicitie also gave me some pictures of Volunteers' Week and I chose which ones to use with the article.

In the next few days I'm going to meet with the Global Xchange volunteers. They're from South Africa and England and will be volunteering in Swansea for 11 weeks. I'm hoping to get some more information about the scheme and see if they want to write some articles about their own experiences.

Posted by Catherine ( 9:14 AM )
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